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And how an officer's dog tags found their way home.

Presentation by Donna Esposito at the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Glenville, NY on 15 February 2020.

This research was done in collaboration with the South Pacific WWII Museum https://southpacificwwiimuseum.com on Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu after the museum acquired the dog tags of Lt. Francis A. Mahan, the Aircraft Radio Communications Equipment Officer for Special Task Air Group One (STAG-1), and with Harriton House http://www.harritonhouse.org, once owned by Lt. Mahan.

STAG-1 flew Interstate TDR-1 drones in the South Pacific from June through October of 1944. Finding Lt. Mahan's tags brought to light the story of three missing pilots from STAG-1, Lt. Julian M. Johnston, Lt. (jg) John L. Barnes, and Lt. (jg) Frank L. Herbert who were lost on September 4, 1944 in the Russell Islands group of the Solomon Islands.